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St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26
WASHINGTON.

From a book entitled Memorials of Washing
ton and of Mary his mother. and Martha, his
wife, by James Walter, recently published by
Charles Scribner's Sons, we copy the following
exquisite sonnet from the pen of Francis
Bennoch, the loved and gifted friend Of Mary
Russell Milford, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Long
fellow. It has been suggested that the two f1n;a
lines would serve admirably as an inscription for
che pedestal of the national monument.-ED.l
Before thy tomb, great statesman, have bowed,
In humble reverence. knowing well the zeal
With which thou struggled for thy peoples
veal
Struggled aud conquered. Never tempest cloud
Could stay the lightning of thy heart, shroud
That quenchesS courage which made despotS
reel,
And men, downtrodden, of thy pr0wess proud.
And now gaze with rapture on thy face.
So calm and deep in thought transcending earth;
By SbarpleS limned. where dignity and grace,
And force combined to Ire a nation birth,
With power to speak and lberata the race:
OF freedoms bravest leaders there are none
Whose fame o'ershadowS thine, heroic Wash
ington.
FRANCIS BENNoCH.
TaE fay1-c nrFln
St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26
Ancestral Home of the wasl,ingtons.
FRANCIS BENNOCH.


In Little Brington, Northamptonshire,
England, not far from Althorp park, the
home of the Spencers, is the old house where
John Washington was born. He emigrated
to Virginia in 1868, and was the ancestor of
George Washington.
This house is built of yellow brown sand
stone 1t has thatched roof and stone null
Iioned windows; that is. the lights of the win
dows are divided by slender stone bars,
called in architecture mullions Above the
door this inscription is carved in the stone:
The Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away.
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Constructa 1906
This house is now laborer's cottage, with
afowers peeping from the stone mullioned
windows, and sparTows building and chatter
ing in the matched caves, and children filling
their pitchers at the village pump under the
great yew tree across the road"
St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26
NUMBER I.

sense. He didn't Fly around rapidly, ana do
things on the keen jump as So many Ameli-
| cans do nov, and kill themselves at the same
| time. He moved with dignified deliberations
| but he kept right at work from + o'clock in
! the morning until 10 o'clock at night and
! accomplished great deal more than those,
who bang and slam through life, hurrying
one hour and lOafng three.
In many other respects Washington was
different from the great men Of to-day. He
carried more personal dignity than our entire
government. There is a story about some
man, not an inferior, either, placing his hand
on the great mans ShOuldel'in friendly way
onCe but only once. He said he wouldn't do
it again to save his; own life. A youth of to-
day, who had read everything about WASH
ington he could lay his hands on. remarked
that from all he could learn Washington must
have been about the best man to spoil
picnic that ever lived. When he rode out
when lie was president it was i'll solemn
and awful state, in the historic coach
drawn by four disnified and self-lespecting
horses, with a severe hammered driver on the
box. Il 7traight laced fOotman besides and
an outrider What would he have thought
of Grants leisurely walks about the
capital. of LincoIns lonely outgoing
during TIE dangerous days of the war, of
the easy movements of all our presidents i'll
these latter days. Yet we must not blame
him for hi~ "X"esSive dignity. 1t fitted the
times. He and his people brought their grim
ideas Of official dignity from England,
where royalty believes 1t necessary to hedge
itself about with much form lest it lose its
power OF inprossing the people with its per-
sOual grandeur. The idea then obtained that
greatness m2st be removed above the heads
Of the multitude in order 70 ieepit great And
Tor long, long time after Washington died
people Wrot" about him a. they would write
about Il god not as they would write about
st man. VI last they got him so far out of
the reach ~ human sympathy that the young
who read about him thought that he was
something more than mortal, consequently
his great force Of character was supposed to
be nothing more than such godlike creature
ought to be endowed with as a matter of
course.
But Washington was made by the process
which has made great men through all time
the discipline Of life viewed from stand
St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26

point of high moral integrity. His training
was of the oldfashiosled sOrt-a little severe,
doubtless, but productive of good results.
At the presidents receptions gwen by
Washington in Philadelphia when he was
president, which gentlemen only attended, he
wore suit of black velvet, with black silk
stockings, silver knee and shoe buckles, and
had his hair highly powdered and. tied in
queue behind He wore yellow gloves, and
held cooked hat, with cockade and black
feather on it. in his hand He wore his dress
sword an elegant weapon, encased in a scab-
bard of white polished leather Only the
point of the seabbard, however appeared be-
low the coat, which was worn over it.
A gentleman who often attended these re-
ceptions said that Washington. always stood
in front of the fireplace, with his face toward
the door of entrance. The visitor was con-
Quoted to him, and he required the name to
be so distinctly spoken that he could hear it.
Having once heard name, he never forgot
either It or the NAH to whom it belonged. He
acknowledged all mtroduetions with a bow,
keeping his hands behind him, as 3 hint that
hand shaking was not to be expected. We
are surely growing more democratic. The
arms of our presidents are now wrung nearly
off their bodies by thousands of callers every
time they receive the public. ANY president
who undertook to keep his hands behind his
back at one Of bis own receptions would hear
more plain comments on his excuslveness
than he could comfortably endure But then
Washington Ridn'a seem to think much about
second term, and buntly refused third
His VISITORS formed circle round the room,
and when the dsor was closed the president
began to move around it, calling eaca visitor
by name When he bad gone clear around
he resumed his first position by the fireplace,
when the visitors approached him i'll success
sion, bowed and retired. A visitor describes
it as a "fearful ordeal, and such i. must have
been, even to those accustomed to much dig
nifty and formal ceremony. These receptions
were held on Tuesday afternoon They closed
promptly at o'clock.
Washingtons celebrated English coach was
as digniied as hs was 1t was imported from
England in 1850, and in that day was oonsid-
cred magnificent thing, and attracted ali
ewes when it appeared in public 1t was
| ICQncluded on last page.l
St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26

lGoneluded OF last page,l
St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26

say that he was as invincible i'll this capacity
as in the field; that when he tackled a man
that man was as good as lost. He had to buy
the book. In this way the young Virginian
helped to educate the country he saved. He
disseminated literature in regions presumably
barren of that luxury. It was no use for a
man to say that he Didn't need the book,
couldn't afford it, and SO on. George stuck tc
him till he yielded. It was always a case of
pushing on to victory foT George What was
worth doing at all was worth doing well He
always brought down his man. The booi;
was no small parcel to "tote" either He
didn't mind that, however, but carried it as
proudly as he afterward wore his sword. Let
everybody remember that George Washing
ton was once a book agent. 1t may make
them decently courteous to other book agents.
any one of whom may be a future president
Shut not the door in the book agents face,
lest you might soine time want to ask him for
an appointment to office. Angels and presi
dents are daily enter tained unawaresA
St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26
WHAT LACK WE YET I

When Washington was president,
As cold as any icicle,
He never on a railroad went,
And never rode bicycle.
He read by no electric lamp,
Nor heard about the IellowStona;
He never licked a postage stamp,
And never saw a telephone.
His trousers ended at his knees,
By wire he could not words dispatch;
He filed his lamp with whale oil grease,
And never had a match to scratch.
But in these days it come TO pass,
AL work is with such dashing done,
We've all these things but, then, alas.
We seem to have no Washington.
ROBERT J. BURDETTE
St. Landry democrat., 1887-02-26

There is a story to the effect that George
Washington was once a book agent. We have
taken great pains to hunt up the descendants
of his book purchasers and find out Just how
be went about this delicate work They all
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
The Safe Pilot.

A ship was coming into port with a
valuable cargo of precious merchan-
die on board, and still more valuable
freight of precious lives. When near
ing their destination port a heavy
storm arose. There was no hope for
her except she could reach harbor be-
fore the heaviest fury of it fell upon
her. But alas! her pilot was an in
COMPETENT one. He did not know the
waters through which he proposed to
lead them. Their peril was seen from
the shore, and soon a pilot-boat with
few resolute men on board set out
through the stormy sea to come to
their rescue. Soon a new pilot was on
the deck, the old one displaced, and
the men assigned to their various
posts. The captain took the wheel
and followed implicitly the directions
Of the new leader.
The ship was headed directly to-
ward the foaming breakers.
"Shall l put her about?" cried the
captain. str~6
STEADY" was the calm reply; and
in a moment more came the order,
"About ship!" The ship sailed stead
lily through narrow pass, between
two sunken rocks, and soon all danger
was over, and the vessel safely an
chored in the harbOr.
o what crowding about the noble
pilot who had risked his life to come
to them-who guided them SO stead
lily, safely through the storm and the
breakers! The captain left the whee
and threw his arms abont him in {
transport Of gratitude. The passenger
and crew were all eager to grasp hi.
hand, and testify by words and gift
their gratitude for one who had saved
them from death.
DO you not think in the last da,
there will be such gathering abou
the great pilot of souls; who ha
brought his chosen ones safe into tn,
, heavenly harbor? Do you think the!
can ever forget that he not only risk
cd, but gave his life to rescue them
We must begin this song of lovin
gratitude on earth if we would shar
in the JOY of Christ's ransomed one
, in heaven.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22

thai meerchaum that is doing the
business for him. 1t is busy with
t rec million Of our men. Let us
study one of those meerchaum-suck-
ers. We will take young man. He
shall have money and plenty Of time
Tor sucking. Pale, nervous, irritable,
thin in chest and stomach, weak in
muscle, he is fast losing the power of
thought and application. Let us get
near enough to him to smell of him!
Even the beast of prey will not touch
the corpse of a soldier saturated with
the vile poison. Nice bedfellow he
for a sweet, pure companion.
Chewing is the nastiest mode,
shutting ruins the voice, but smoking,
among those whs have time to be
thorough, is most destructive.
Young K--graduated at Harvard
(no devotee Of the weed has ever
graduated with the highest honors at
that institution, and soon after con-
suited his physician with reference to
his pale face, emaciation, indigestion,
and low spirits. He weighed but one
hundred and eight.
"Stop smoking" was the prescrip-
ton. In four months he had increas-
ed twenty-eight pounds, and become
clear and healthy in skin, his diges-
ton all right, and his spirits restored.
One or two million Of our young and
middle-aged men are in a similar
condition, and would be restored to
health and spirits by the same pre-
scription. On the whole, the cigar is
worse than the pipe.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
Cool Methods.
Progressive Farmer.

Progressive Farmer.
Some farmers are successful; others
are not. Some live well, have Il @
comforts and luxuries of life ar lund
them, Others live hard, work hard,
have few Of the comforts and none Of
Injuries. Some have a better start,
perhaps, than others, better farm, and
are better equipped, but it will be
found that the men who succeed, who
live well and make money are men
of method, men who believe in and
have system of management, men
who think on what they are doing,
and do nothing at hap hazard. The
SPECTATOR dealer in futures, stock job
beers, may take chances, but there is
no chance work with the farmer.
Nature establishes laws which are i'm
perative, as to what may be produced
in certain climes and on certain lands,
while the laws of supply and demand
regulate the prices, and consequently
the profit on what is produced. The
thoughtful and successful farmer,
while recognizing natures laws, will
also give heed to the law of supply
and demand that he may not waste
his time in cultivating what is already
drug upon the market, and con-
sequently cause loss to him. Ifexpe.
rience proves that there is more
money in an acre of grass than there
is in an acre of cotton, the wise farm.
er will give some attention to grass
and less to cotton; if one acre Ofpota'
toes will yield twice, three or -four
times as much as an acre of tobacco
the wise farmer will give more at.
tention to potatoes and less to tobacco
il one good cow is more profitable
than two poor cows, the wise farmer
will keep one good cow instead o
two poor ones; if the farmer can save
money and feel independent by rails
ing his own family supplies and feed
for his stock himself, the wise farmer
will raise them instead of buying
when it may sometimes be hard t
get the money; to buy from what hi
has to sell. The man of methOt
thinks of all this, lives well, make
and saves money, the man withou
method does not, works hard, live
hard and is always run to the throat
latch to make ends meet-and the,
don't always do it.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
Ours to Use, Not to Abuse.

]. F. Snow.
A horse may not have a soul, but |
have known more than one horse
whose usefulness and patient, willing
service seemed more deserving of a
future and better life than the life Of
some men, but it is not necessary 10
discuss that question. A mans horse
or his OK, or his COW, is no more his
property to abuse, or ill-treat, or over
work, than is his hired man or wo-
man, and the very fact that we make
them serve us without regard to any
will of their own in the matter, ought
to make us more careful to observe
Justice in our dealings with them;l
more prompt to pay their wage Of
food with care and kindness.
Many horses are strained and injur-
ed for life, forced to do every after
days work with more or less pain
and suffering, by the driver'sattempt
to haul more logs or stone, or bigger
load of wood than some other team
has hauled. We should work our
draft animals intelligently, horse is
a willingand ambitious animal, ready
to do his utmost-and under the
stimulous of word and whip will
often make an effort entirely beyond
his strength.
The habit of baking oftentimes
owes its beginning to superior COM
mon sense. The horse knows after a
trial or two that he can't start the
load, and refuses to waste his strength
in trying to do so-and instead OF
tightening the load, giving him an
encouraging word and a little help,
the driver gives him such punish
ment for simply using his own judg.
ment as you or / would do under the
same circumstances, that the horses
feelings are outraged, his temper
spoiled, and he balks the next time
without any good reason for it-so 6
bad habit is established.
The anecdotes are numerous about
the intelligence of animals; horses
and cattle should be trained, moi
broken. We see plenty of contrary
horses-but l think knowledge O
their training would show that con
trary men were responsible for mos
of their ill-temper.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
An Algerian Wedding.

A marriage celebration in Algeria
is an interesting relic of ancient Gus
toms. The bridegroom goes to bring
the bride, and the guests assembled
outside the house will wait for his
return. Soon the sound of pipes is
heard coming from the summit of
some neighboring hill, and the mar
riage procession approaches the BRIDE
groom's house. The pipers always
come first in the procession, then the
bride muffled up in veil, riding a
mule led by her lover. Then comes a
bevy Of gorgeously dressed damsels,
sparkling with silver ornaments, after
which the friends of the bride follow.
The procession stops in front of the
bridegroom's house, and the girls
friends line both sides of the pathway
The pipers march off on one side,
while the bridegroom lifts the girl
from the mule.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
Just Three Times.

~ once met thoughtful scholar"
said Bishop Whipple, "who told me
that for years he had read every book
he could which assailed the religion
of Jesus Christ, and he said he should
have become an infidel but for three
things. First, Il am a man. / am
going somewhere. Tonight am a
day nearer the grave than was last
night. / have read all such books
can tell me. They shed not one
solitary ray of hope orlight upon the
darkness. They shall not take away
the guide and leave me stone blind.
Second, Il hada mother. !
know that was not a dream
Third, Il have three motherles;
daughters land he said it with tears
in his eyes,. They have no protector
but myself. / would rather kill then
than leave them in this sinful worlG
if you blot out from it all the teach
ings of the gospel
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
The Resistance.of the Atmosphere.


From Professor Langley's illustra-
ted paper on Comets and Meteors, in
the January Century, we quote as
follows: Everybody has noticed
that if we move fan gently, the air
parts before it with little effort, while,
when we try to fan violently, the
same air is felt TO react; yet if we 60
on to say that if the motion is still
more violent, the atmosphere will
resist like solid, against which the
fan, if made of iron, would break to
pieces, this would seem to some an
unexpected property of the 'nimle'
through which we move daily. Yet
this is the case, and If the motion is
only so quick that the air cannot get
out of the way, body hurled against
it will rise in temperature like a shot
striking an armour-plate. 1t is all a
question of speed, and that of the
meteorite is known to be immense.
One has been seen to fly over this
country from the Mississippi to the
Atlantic in an inappreciable short
space of time, probably In lessl than
two minutes; and though at a pre-
sumable height of over fifty miles,
the velocity with which it went by
give one the impression that it went
just above his head, and
some witnesses of the unexpected
apparition looked the next day to SEE
If it had struck their chimneys. The
heat developed by arrested motion il
the case of a mass of iron moving
twenty milesa second can be calculat
ed, and is found to be much more
than enough, not only to melt it, bu
to turn it into vapor; though wha
probably does happen is, according t
Professor Newton, that the meltet
surface-portions are wiped away b,
the pressure of air and volatiled t
form the luminous train, the interio
remaining cold, until the difference
of temperature causes a fracture
when the stone breaks and pieces fal
some of them at red-hot heat, som
Of them, possibly, at the temperatur
Of outer space, or far below that @
freezing mercury.
"Where do these stones come from
What made them? The answer |
not yet complete, but if part of tn
riddle is already yielding to patienc
it is worthy of note, as an instance {
the connection of the sciences, tina
the first help to the solution of thi
astronomical enigma came from tn
chemists and biologists"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
Very Like His Pa.

He wasthe son ofa worthy Chicago
an, and he had just returned from
college. The father was a brusque,
matter-Of-fact man. who had no liking
for anything dudish, and he motto, d
with sorrow that his son returned
with bangs and various other insignia
Of dudedom. The old gentleman
surveyed him critically when he APP
peared in the Office, and blurted out:
"Young man, you look like fool. "
Just at that moment, and before the
young man had time to make q fitting
reply, friend walked in.
"Why, halloo, George, have you
returned?" he asked. "Dear me, how
much you resemble your father"
$50 he had just been telling me-"
replied the youth. And from that
day to this the old gentleman has
found no fault with bangs.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22

eyes, the Lord has sorter seemed
to smile on me this year." said the
Deacon, as he stuck the corn cutter
into the fence. "a big apple crop
heaps of 'taters-fine yield of wheat
and oats-big hay crop, and corn A
No. l. Yes, / feel as if had been
blessed"
Just then the Deacon's boy came
from the house and whispered some
thing in the old mans ear,
"Two dollars for pair Of shoes!"
shouted the Deacon, as he raised his
head. "You tell your mother she
can't have no twO-dollar shoes. Well
be lucky if we git through becoming
winter without having to sell the
bosses TO buy meat and -four"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
BAL. OHIO, (STATE,) 633,I5S.

MRS. ]. T. RITCHEY (262 4th Ave, Louis.
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IN years, just living, and hourly expecting
death. Was confined to bed ten months
each year. Was attended by the best ply.
SieianS. Her left SIDE was puraiyced
Could neither eat, sleep or enjoy life
The doctors said she was troubled with
female complaints; but she was satisfied
her kidneys were affected. Under the
operation Of Warmers SAFE Cure she
passed large stone or calculus, and in
Nov, 1885, reported, Gam to day as pel
as arhea girl"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
A Talk with Young Men.

Home Science.
Observe that pale young fellow
crossing the street. You see a good
many of that kind just now. Some
folks say it is the climate. The truth
is, that the climate of America, with
a fair chance, produces not only the
best complexion but'the best health
in the world.
Did you notice the thing he was
carrying in his mouth? Well, ii is
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
To All Afflicted Females.

fyOu are suffering from any ofthe
diseases peculiar to women, Bradfields
Female regulator will cure you. Try
it.
Treatise on Health and Happi-
ness of Woman" mailed free.
BRADFIELD REGULATOR Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22

MRS. A HEATON (Pearsall, Texas) suffer
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with frequent nose bleed. Great spots
resembling bruises broke out over her
body. She lost flesh to an alarming
extent Had frequent hem Orrlsag-
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temporary Insanity and cOnvul-
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ner's SAFE CURE, SAFE pills and SAFE
NerVine, and says, 81 concider myself
saved by them"
Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
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No Other Remedy in the World Can
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Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-01-22
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